Training or not?

[Drew]

Buy this book!!! & get some training!!

http://www.fishpond.co.nz/advanced_s...FckhpQodMVQAIw

ps: I am a motorcycle Instructor too. & there are a lot of people out there who THINK they can ride.... but actually have very little SKILL when it comes down to it!

May I ask, what your qualifications are to be an instructor?

[FJRider]

I got a questioning rep comment for this. So I thought I'd expand a bit as to my question.

I don't see why practicing riding around slowly and trying not to put your feet down, is helpful. If I'm on the road, and need to slow right down. I drop a foot as soon as the bike starts to weave.

Have you ever need to ride your bike around a supermarket carpark ... at a busy period ... ???

Laden trollys are a bitch to control inside ... outside on rough sealed carpark ..

And its a good place for SUV drivers to practice their reversing skill's ... because most surely need practice.

[BMWST?]

Training needs to be relevant too. I question the relevance of your first gear slow riding, but not so much that I'll take the course.

it called bike control,improves bike control co ordination,balance,head postion,bike placement relative to cones and prolly more i cant think about atthe moment.

[Tricia1000]

It isn't so much, "my first gear slow riding" I didn't have any input into the current BHS, but it is a very important exercise.
I did however have a major input into the NEW BHS starting on the 1st.
Anyone who has learnt the proper slow speed manoeuvring technique, that I teach, normally undertaken as part of an on road training session, will tell you, it makes an ENORMOUS difference to your slow speed control, when preparing to stop, approaching a roundabout, doing the U-turn for the test etc. At slow speed it is very important to your stability to know where the weight of the bike is.

Tricia1000
RoADA (Dip)
Consultant to NZTA

Training needs to be relevant too. I question the relevance of your first gear slow riding, but not so much that I'll take the course.

[MyGSXF:Me]

May I ask, what your qualifications are to be an instructor?

It's called an "I endorsement" through NZTA.

... it makes an ENORMOUS difference to your slow speed control, when preparing to stop, approaching a roundabout, doing the U-turn for the test etc. At slow speed it is very important to your stability to know where the weight of the bike is

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